County: Kilkenny Site name: Whitescastle Lower
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 08E0420
Author: John Kavanagh, Icon Archaeology Ltd, County Carlow.
Site type: Proximity to castle
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 653239m, N 637554m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.486805, -7.216123
A test excavation was carried out to assess the archaeological potential of a greenfield development site 100m to the west of White’s Castle, Knocktopher, Co. Kilkenny. The excavation uncovered numerous plough furrows and two post-medieval field boundaries.
